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Quote from: Real American on February 27, 2006, 03:14:24 PMThe real question is why many Arabs in the Middle East don't accept Christianity.Oops I forgot.......if they do they are thrown in jail.What an ignorant statement, if this was the case, how can you explain the 14 million or so Christian population within the Middle East ?
The real question is why many Arabs in the Middle East don't accept Christianity.Oops I forgot.......if they do they are thrown in jail.
Quote from: lazarus on February 28, 2006, 11:50:43 AMQuote from: Real American on February 27, 2006, 03:14:24 PMThe real question is why many Arabs in the Middle East don't accept Christianity.Oops I forgot.......if they do they are thrown in jail.What an ignorant statement, if this was the case, how can you explain the 14 million or so Christian population within the Middle East ?He always ignores these kind of statements. Cwalker where are you?
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accepting christianity? are you trying to say that Islam teaches bias towards other religions (mainly christianity)?i hope you're just tryin to say that muslims don't follow christianity becaus at a young age they are taught that islam is the right path. becaus then you might have a valid point, which i wasnt trying to argue in the first place. my statement was regarding posters that have been brainwashed into believing islam is about evil, fear, and hatred towards other which is the exact opposite of its true nature. you dont see me talking about how christianity is horrible becaus christians used to kill black people and spread hate amongst the white race. i dont follow christianity because it is my belief that Jesus Christ was/is not God, but only a prophet of God. that doesn't mean that I haven't learned about the beliefs of other religions as i've grown up, which i can say, the posters like cwalker do not.
no doubt about that Shallow. i wasnt really taught much about the teachings when i was young, my mother had taken me to a personal teacher that taught me and my siblings how to read the Qu'ran and pray. i didn't really attend sunday school because as a young kid, like most other kids, i didn't want to go to any kind of school. but as i grew up i tried to put myself into a neutral state to really decide for myself. it was hard for me to be neutral since my whole life i was taught to be muslim, and i still remember some of the things i learned as a kid, but the one that stuck out most to me was that there have never been any changes/corrections in the Qu'ran.things like Jesus couldn't of been God, why would God go to the bathroom?, and various things like that i tried to steer away from in my personal quest. it was when i was reading the Qu'ran and actually started to understand its beliefs that I felt in my heart it was the true religion of mankind. many of times when i have debated with my friends about religion (some jewish, some catholic, some christian) i have expressed to them that I believe Islam is the perfection of Judaism and Christianity. i tell them that i dont see it as different religions, but as one that was perfected over time. but that argument goes only so far, and i respect their views, altho i know they don't know much about theirs/mine/other religions, like most people i encounter.they accept what they were taught as kids, stick with that view and don't actually try to understand it for themselves. which i believe was your original point, i jus thought i would share a piece of my experiences. i would be interested if you feel like sharing some of ur experiences, but you don't have to. i just think it's interesting when people share a part of their lives.
very admirable post shallow. i believe that whatever religion you believe in, it doesn't matter as long as you stay true to yourself. through islam i've learned that it's never wise to force your religion upon another, but to let them decide for themself because at the end of the day, you are accountable for your actions, not any1 else...... i wanted to point out a specific statement in your post:"I felt something, a presence enter me and light go off in my head, and slowly over the course of the next year I rid myself of all things I considerred wrong or evil"i had the same exact feeling not so long ago. i was never a "bad" kid. i smoked weed on a regular basis during my high school years and drank a little every so often. i now believe that it was mainly the influences around me that kept me on that dangerous road. i wouldnt say it was completely peer pressure because at any point i could've said nah im good, but i didn't have the will to do it. it was easier for me to just say yes. not too long ago i started slowing down residually and after i got busted by my coach, i really knew that it cud potentially screw my life up. i used to brainwash myself into thinking i was a good muslim because i believed in islam, but i never really felt in my heart that kind of presence you spoke about until recently. i always knew islam was the right religion for me, but i also knew that i wasn't being a good muslim becaus of the things i was doin besides the weed & alcohol. i now understand that my time on earth is only a train stop....i'm waiting for that train to come and take me to my real destination: paradise.
Quote from: J Bin Laden on February 27, 2006, 11:11:48 AMi dont accept islam cuz youre a bunch of fucking kookssounds about right
i dont accept islam cuz youre a bunch of fucking kooks
Quote from: ^ReLentLess^ on February 27, 2006, 01:05:41 PMQuote from: J Bin Laden on February 27, 2006, 11:11:48 AMi dont accept islam cuz youre a bunch of fucking kookssounds about rightahah yea
through islam i've learned that it's never wise to force your religion upon another
Quote from: h cottie on March 13, 2006, 11:13:47 AMthrough islam i've learned that it's never wise to force your religion upon anotherYou really needed Islam to reach this conclusion?I've reached it long time ago, without being Muslim for some reason.
As for pushing my religion. My interpretation of Christianity is very different from most. While I personally choose to believe in the whole son of God thing I can easily see it metaphorically or even as something greater.
There it is again, you taking a small percentage of whites which represents no where near the minority and make it seem like most whites act like this. It's no different than saying most muslim rioted over the cartoons.